Ceramic-Heterostructure-Based Magnetoelectric Voltage Transformer with an Adjustable Transformation Ratio.

Dmitri Saveliev,Mikhail Shamonin,Leonid Fetisov,Yuri Fetisov,Dmitri Chashin

doi:10.3390/ma13183981

Abstract

A voltage transformer employing the magnetoelectric effect in a composite ceramic heterostructure with layers of a magnetostrictive nickel–cobalt ferrite and a piezoelectric lead zirconate–titanate is described. In contrast to electromagnetic and piezoelectric transformers, a unique feature of the presented transformer is the possibility of tuning the voltage transformation ratio K using a dc magnetic field. The dependences of the transformer characteristics on the frequency and the amplitude of the input voltage, the strength of the control magnetic field and the load resistance are investigated. The transformer operates in the voltage range between 0 and 112 V, and the voltage transformation ratio K is tuned between 0 and 14.1 when the control field H changes between 0 and 6.4 kA/m. The power at the transformer output reached 63 mW, and the power conversion efficiency was 34%. The methods for calculation of the frequency response, and the field and load characteristics of the transformer are proposed. The ways to improve performance characteristics of magnetoelectric transformers and their possible application areas are discussed.

Highlights

Voltage transformers, which are used for converting the amplitude of an alternating voltage and the galvanic isolation of elements of electronic circuits with respect to the dc voltage, are among the most important elements of modern electronics
The transformer operated in the output voltage range from 0 to 112 V, the voltage transformation ratio reached K = 14.1
Current research is on the way to increase the size of ME transformers and/or to incorporate permanent magnets into an electromechanical field-control system

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Introduction

Voltage transformers, which are used for converting the amplitude of an alternating voltage and the galvanic isolation of elements of electronic circuits with respect to the dc voltage, are among the most important elements of modern electronics. Compact transformers using the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction [1] and solid-state transformers employing the piezoelectric effect [2]. Are widely used in low-power electronic circuits. Both types of transformers have several disadvantages. Electromagnetic transformers contain two voluminous coils, which increase their size and make it difficult to manufacture. Piezoelectric transformers have high input and output impedance. Both types of transformers do not allow one to change the transformation ratio and quickly

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